Kate Middleton and Prince William get competitive on ice in Sweden

Kate Middleton and Prince William have kicked off their latest royal tour with a stint on the ice.
As part of their four-day visit to Sweden and Norway, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visited an outdoor ice rink in Stockholm on Tuesday to try their hand at ‘bandy’ hockey, a Winter Olympics sport.

The Duchess takes a swing. (Image: AAP)

Rugged up in a jumper by a Swedish designer and a Burberry coat, Catherine proved a deft hand with a curved bandy hockey stick, even impressing a local professional player.

“Kate had played field hockey and I was expecting her to be good, and she was very good … she had a very good swing,” Anna Widing told media.

The Cambridges reunited with the couple in the evening for a black tie dinner at the Residence of the British Ambassador.
In addition to diplomatic figures, the dinner guests included high-profile Swedish actors Stellan Skarsgard and Alicia Vikander.
The menu was just as fancy as you’d expect, ranging from smoked salmon with quail egg as an entree, to a dessert of blackberry souffle with chocolate ganache.

Predictably, Catherine’s style choices have attracted plenty of attention, with the floral Erdem gown she wore to dinner - a high-necked, floor-length design in a yellow hue - lauded her most “high fashion” look to date.
The royals will spend another day in Sweden before flying to Norway on Thursday for the second leg of their tour.